Hi, I'm Nish.
I sketch too much, cook up materials, chase light, and then rendermake it. Eight years from intern to lead designer.
Lead Industrial Designer, TDConnexGame Changer Award 2026MA Product Design, UCA Farnham
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the way I work, with evidence.
Nothing gets modelled until it's been drawn, usually far more times than it needs. These are a few of the sheets for one table, Karta, further down.
ballpoint · A3 · one tableFor Recycled Beans I cooked used coffee grounds into a bio-composite. Most batches cracked or crumbled. Some grew mould, which was the point of the decay test.
Failing on the kitchen table is cheaper than failing at the factory.
Glass, refraction and glowing filaments, rendered in KeyShot and Blender. It's where I practise what light does to a form before I commit to one.
Photography is the same habit with a camera.
render tests, with the lights off
Coffee shows up in three of my projects. Make of that what you will.
I joined TDConnex as the only designer. Now there's a team, and a relay redesign that won an award.
the briefA relay had failed customer testing. Redesign it and get it to production.
the call I madeDesign every part for the press and the mould first, so the prototype was already a production part.
what happenedRedesigned in 1.5 months. Passed certification and 6,000 switching cycles. It won the Game Changer Award in 2026.
Switches, dials and sockets for luxury hotels that look bespoke but are made in volume.
my partCustom and standard fittings, 3D models, renders and the product catalogue. I also wrote the guest scenarios for the room control system and shaped its architecture with the engineers.
the call I madeOne fixed core design. The finish and configuration change for each hotel; the tooling doesn't.
A wearable that makes your carbon footprint visible. Built from bio-materials, and starring in a VR story set in 2050.
my partMaterial research, prototyping with an Arduino Nano and a gas sensor, a focus group with international students, and work with MA Game Design students Aviroop Roy, Bhuvanesh Tekavde and Dhruv Jalgaonkar on the VR world.
the call I madeTraffic-light colours instead of numbers, so a reading needs no explanation.
what happenedA working prototype in an orange-peel bio-textile, used as the central object in the VR experience.
Tableware cooked from a Farnham café's used coffee grounds, to be sold back in the shop next door.
the briefClose a loop: take a waste stream from Farnham Maltings and turn it into something the Maltings store can sell.
my partTwo days watching the café and the store, then batch after batch of bio-plastic (cornflour, glycerin, gelatin) until the coffee held its shape.
the call I madeBlend in grass seed. The fibre made it easier to mould, and a bowl thrown on soil grows grass instead of becoming waste.
what happenedA range of bowls and trays for the store's regulars, who mostly bought tableware and craft pieces.
I designed this bed frame in recycled cardboard, then slept on it every night for a year.
the briefAffordable flat-pack furniture for low-income households, made entirely from recycled paper.
my partIdeas, prototypes, tests of the locking joints and load paths, and the assembly instructions.
the call I madeFolded triangular sections carry the load, so every structural edge is also the visible form.
what happenedLaunched and sold online.
A table-trolley for older people at home. Its tagline: "it does it for us".
the researchSessions with older people, and full-size cardboard mock-ups they could sit at, reach into and push around.
my partSheets of sketches, the module layout, and the 3D model and animation.
what it doesBreak-locks that hold it steady, a personal drawer, a cutlery drawer, and a handle you push rather than lift.
Outdoor Wi-Fi access points and antenna enclosures for rural, community and emergency networks.
my partEnclosures and CAD packaged around the PCB, photoreal KeyShot renders, and the launch animation. A year of freelance.
the call I madePlain, utilitarian forms that read as site infrastructure, not consumer tech.
what happenedShipped as a production unit, with its mounting kit.
A desk light with a blade-less fan inside it, for kids who can't study comfortably at home.
the problemA study table ends up with bad light, no air, and papers everywhere. I wanted one compact, easy thing that fixed all three.
what it doesA glass loop that lights up and hides a blade-less fan. A bendable coil neck, 270° of rotation, and a heavy wooden base that holds your paperwork.
what happenedRecognised at the Taiwan International Student Design Competition.
shorter studies, from university and my own time.
graphic work. I was graphic director for Game Jam+ India.
I design products that have to be made, not only rendered. The work starts with the person using it and ends on the production line.
I'm a visualiser and a problem solver, and I learn whatever a project needs. At TDConnex that meant learning GD&T, tolerance stacks and supplier quality well enough to lead a relay redesign. In the UK it meant designing a guest-room system with engineers, not just the switches on the wall.
I started as the only designer at TDConnex and have built a team around me: a product designer, and product, power-electronics and electromechanical engineers. Next, I want to keep doing that work alongside designers I can learn from.
the route so far
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